Garlic Mashed Potato Recipe
This easy to follow luxurious Garlic Mashed Potato Recipe makes a
perfect side dish to almost any meat or poultry main course. The mellow,
toasty flavor of the roasted garlic creates a beautifully subtle
flavor. And if you're not a lover of garlic, simply omit this one
ingredient for a perfect homemade mashed potato recipe.
You can even prepare this dish several hours before eating! If
you plan to do this, use only half of the cream, pile the garlic mash into
a heat proof bowl and cover with foil until required. About 1/2 an hour
before dinner, stand the bowl over a pan of barely simmering water and
stir occasionally. At the last minute, beat in the remaining HEATED
cream......and serve!
Garlic Mashed Potato Recipe
INGREDIENTS
SERVES 8
1 large head garlic (8 to 10 cloves)
1 teaspoon olive oil
4lbs
Maris Piper (red) potatoes, peeled and quartered
3oz (120g) unsalted
butter
1/2 cup (125ml) single cream
TIP
I like to roast several heads of
garlic at the same time, use one for the garlic mashed potato recipe and
then keep the others for alternative uses. They are excellent in a
pur...eacute;ed soup, rubbed on crusty bread, mixed with green vegetables
or a salad dressing, or mashed with mayonnaise.
METHOD
- Preheat the oven to 220C/425F, gas mark 7.
- Cut the top 1/4 inch off the head of garlic. Rub the olive
oil, salt and freshly milled black pepper all over the surface. Cover
the exposed top with a small piece of kitchen foil. Place on a baking
tray and roast for 25 to 30 minutes until just tender. Remove from the
oven. Once cool, Peel the skin off (don't worry about any browned parts
of the clove as they will add color and flavor).
- Put the potatoes into a large saucepan and cover with cold
water. Season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Over a high heat, bring the pan
to the boil, cover and simmer steadily for approximately 20 to 25
minutes until tender in the centre.
- Carefully drain off the water, and then while holding the lid
firmly in place, shake the pan vigorously to start breaking up the
potatoes.
- Cut the butter into chunks and add it along with the cream,
the garlic cloves and a generous seasoning of salt and freshly milled
black pepper. Place the lid back on the pan and leave for a few minutes
for the butter to melt.
- Now cream the potatoes. If you like your mash very smooth and
light, use a hand held electric whisk on slow speed. If like me however,
you prefer it with some texture, then mash it using a potato masher to
the desired consistency. It's now ready to serve.
ENJOY!
TIP
Even though this garlic mashed
potato recipe is enough for 8, I always make up the full amount even when
serving less people. The reason being is that it is excellent fried a day
or 2 later for a dish that here in the UK, we call Bubble and
Squeak! Simply fry 1/2 a finely diced onion in 2 tablespoons of oil
until softened and then add the garlic mashed potato and some leftover
chopped green vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, green beans, or peas.
Season with salt and freshly milled black pepper. Turn occasionally adding
a little more oil if it starts to stick to the pan. Continue to fry over a
medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes until it all starts to crisp and
brown.
So there you have it, a truly luxurious garlic mashed potato recipe - a
perfect side dish fit to grace any dinner party table or indeed a
wonderful accompaniment to a midweek simple family meal.
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